Plot Summary
The country estate of Count Claudieuse is located near Paris. One night in 1871, it goes up in flames. Two shots are fired, the count is critically injured, and the countess and her children escape the flames with the help of the feeble-minded Cocoleu. Cocoleu accuses Jacques von Beaucoran from the neighboring estate of being the perpetrator. Jacques protests his innocence.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Der Strick um den Hals
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- de
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Cast
Erika Pluhar
Gräfin von Claudieuse
Dieter Borsche
Graf von Claudieuse
Ralf Schermuly
Jacques von Beaucoran
Antje Weisgerber
Marquise von Beaucoran
Karl-Maria Schley
Marquis von Beaucoran
Heinz Moog
Baron von Chandoré
Silvia Reize
Denise von Chandoré
Siegfried Lowitz
Maître Magloire
Gerd Baltus
Untersuchungsrichter Galpin
Konrad Georg
Staatsanwalt Daubigeon
Wolfgang Büttner
Dr. Seinebos
Wolfgang Unterzaucher
Maître Folgat
Walter Jokisch
Goudar, Polizist im Ruhestand
Heinz Schimmelpfennig
Blangin
Hans Georg Panczak
Cocoleu
Production Companies
WDR